Indian Ocean Express

Extension of the port of Tamatave : fin de la première phase La première phase de l’extension du port de Tamatave, launched in April 2018, was completed at the beginning of July. 9 hectares of land were created by gaining access to the sea and more than 3,000 giant concrete blocks, of 30 and 50 tons were manufactured. They will be immersed for....

Îles à vendre aux Maldives Seize îles et îlots des Maldives, put up for sale by the country's government, visibly struggling to find a buyer. Their price was recently revised downwards by 30% and ranges from 300,000 to more than a million euros.. Buyers have until June 10 to register. Seriously impacted by the health crisis,...

Le Club Med inauguré Le Club Med Seychelles a été inauguré le 21 avril dernier sur l’île de Sainte-Anne, after two years of work, in the presence of the President of the Republic Wavel Ramkalawan and the president of the French group Henri Giscard d’Estaing. The 5-star establishment was created in place of the former Beachcomber Sainte-Anne and offers 295....

Liberté de la presse en baisse Dans la région Le classement 2021 de la liberté de la presse dans le monde, compiled by Reporters Without Borders, shows a decline in the countries of the southwest of the Indian Ocean, with the notable exception of Seychelles. 57th, Madagascar loses three places. “The precariousness of Malagasy journalists and media makes them particularly vulnerable..

Coûteuse insécurité La montée de l’insécurité coûterait entre 12 500 et un million d’euros par an aux entreprises, according to the Collective of the Economic World of Mayotte formed last year. These additional costs come from investments in reinforced protective equipment (iron curtains, grilles), more means of surveillance (cameras, security guards) and greater time constraints, in particular to allow....

Déficit démocratique Déjà montrée du doigt en raison de ses difficultés à convaincre l’Union européenne – et maintenant la Grande-Bretagne – de la transparence de son secteur financier, Mauritius sees itself demoted by the V-Dem Institute, a Swedish institute at the University of Gothenburg that studies democratic systems around the world. In the latest V-Dem ranking, sister island...

La vanille de synthèse en procès Le secteur malgache de la vanille observe avec attention la vague de procès engagés depuis l’année dernière aux Etats-Unis par des associations de consommateurs contre des industriels de l’agroalimentaire pour publicité mensongère. These companies are accused of misusing the term “vanilla” for products incorporating vanilla vanillin..

Maurice Centres financiers : l’île Maurice moins cotée Chaque année, the performance of global financial centers is the subject of a ranking established by London stock market circles, the Global Financial Center Indices. A year ago, Mauritius appeared in 63rd place. In the new ranking, published mid-March, the country loses 26 places and falls to 89th position. THE...

How many unaccompanied minors, left to their own devices and to delinquency, Count the 101st French department ? The question has been the subject of lively debates between the government and Mahorais elected officials for several months. Stake : the aid that the State can provide to departmental councils to support isolated children, depending on the extent of the problem. Une étude menée en...

Population growth continues at a sustained pace in Madagascar, according to the results of the last census : the Malagasy population increases each year by more than 368,000 people. The country has 25,674,174 inhabitants, 80% rural. Analanga, the capital region Antananarivo, est de loin le plus peuplée avec une densité de 209 habitants au...